Skálkr

Old Norse Dictionary - skálkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "skálkr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

skálkr Old Norse word can mean:

skálkr: m. [Ulf. skalks = δουλος, skalkinon = δουλεύειν, skalkinassus = δουλεία; A. S. scealc; Germ. schalk; the word remains in siniscalc, seneschal; mariscalc, mar-shall = a horse-groom]:—prop. a ‘slave,’ ‘servant;’ skálka þeirra er skjöld bera, FaS. i. (in a verse); but that sense is else lost.

skálkr: 2. a rogue, yet with some notion of a ‘mocker,’ cp. skelkja and skálkheið, Dan. skalk-agtig; leiðr S., Clar.; ljúga sem skálkr, Rétt. 61, and so in mod. usage, PasS. 8. 19; skálka mark, a brand, 7. 13; skálka-pör, roguery. It is freq. in Germ. pr. names, as, Godi-scalk, whence mod. Icel. Gott-skalk, which appears in Icel. in the 15th century.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᛅᛚᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

prop.: proper, properly.

S.: Saga.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Clar.: Clarus Saga. (G. II.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Rétt.: Réttarbætr. (B. II.)

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